Speaker: Chu Qingdong (Nanjing University)

Date: May 29, 2015 - Friday

Time: 18:00-19:30

Venue: R361, Bld5, Songjiang Campus

Summary: During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ,the government consolidated its dominance through piracy. This was determined by the situation the queen faced with. Meanwhile, pirates expanded and became a force that could affect the stability of the society. Besides, as piracy conformed with national interest, the queen legalized piracy to combined it with royalty. The lecture aims at stating the effect that privacy had towards the development of Britain.

Speaker Biography: Dr. Chu Qingdong is a young scholar in British Studies. He graduated from Nanjing University with a joint doctoral degree in world history at the University of York, the United Kingdom. His research interests focus on transition and modernization of the British society.